At Econo Lodge in Norwalk, it isn’t uncommon for the general manager, Kabe Khan, to allow a visitor to purchase a room without identification.

“Some people lose their IDs for different reasons, so I try to help them where I can,” said Khan.

So, when a man walked in with no identification in the middle of October and claimed he desperately needed a place to stay for a few days after recently being released from prison, Khan allowed it.

“I said, 'Okay,' and he promised to be good, which I made a mistake by trusting him because he didn’t end up being a good person,” said Khan.

A few days later, while Khan was working in the front office, the motel housekeeper ran over, claiming to have been violently attacked.

“Her hair was all messed up, and it appeared to me that something bad happened

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